Luke 21:12

But before all this, ¹  they will seize ²  you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues ³  and prisons. You ⁴  will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

Mt 10:16-25; Mt 22:6; Mt 23:34-36; Mt 24:9,10; Mr 13:9-13; Lu 11:49-51; Joh 15:20; Joh 16:2,3; Ac 4:3-7; Ac 5:17-19,40; Ac 6:12-15; Ac 7:57-60; Ac 8:3; Ac 9:4; Ac 12:1-4; Ac 16:22-26; Ac 21:30,31; Ac 22:30; Ac 24:1-9; Ac 25:1,2,11,12,22-25; Ac 26:2-11; 1Th 2:15,16; 1Pe 2:13; 1Pe 4:12-14; Re 2:10

¹ sn But before all this. Another note of timing is present, this one especially important in understanding the sequence in the discourse. Before the things noted in vv. 8-11 are the events of vv. 12-19.

² tn Grk “will lay their hands on you.”

³ sn Some of the persecution is of Jewish origin (the synagogues). Some fulfillment of this can be seen in Acts. See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

⁴ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.